The introduction of the euro in 1999 cast a new focus on the financial markets of constituent euro-zone countries, which have subsequently emerged with the second largest bond market in the world. This new book offers in depth insights and advice for any practitioner in the European fixed-income and ancillary derivative markets, and includes in-depth analysis of euro and non-euro markets as well as emerging countries.
JONATHAN A. BATTEN is Professor of Finance at Seoul NationalUniversity in Korea and co-editor of the Elsevier Journal
Research in International Business and Finance. His previousbooks include
Asia-Pacific Fixed Income Markets: An Analysis ofthe Region's Money, Bond and Interest Derivative Markets,co-edited with Thomas A Fetherston and published by John Wiley& Sons, Singapore.
THOMAS A. FETHERSTON is Professor of Finance at theUniversity of Alabama Birmingham. He is editor of the journalInternational Review of Financial Analysis and co-editor ofResearch in International Business and Finance. His previousbooks include Asia-Pacific Fixed Income Markets: An Analysis ofthe Region's Money, Bond and Interest Derivative Markets,co-edited with Jonathan A. Batten and published by John Wiley &Sons, Singapore.
PETER G. SZILIAGYI has recently joined TilburgUniversity, the Netherlands. His main research interestsinclude international capital market develop ment and corporatefinance. He holds master s degrees from the BudapestUniversity of Economic Sciences and Public Administration and theUniversity of Western Sydney. He has previously worked as afreeelance broadcaster for the BBC World Service in the U.K. andAustralia.